Rail-joint.



M. LAVEBING &J. SCHWAB, JR.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED AuG.II. 19.14.

Patented July 20, 1.915.

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M. LAVERING 61]. SCHWAB, JR.l

APPLICATION FILED AUGJI 1914. V

f Panted July 20, 1915.

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Patented uly 20, 1915,

Application filed August il, 13M. Serial No. 856,195.

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Be it known that ive. MORGAN llamame and lawn SCHWAB, Jr., citizens ofthe United States, residing?r at Denver, in the count)7 of Denver andState of Colorado, have invented neu' and useful lniraeve ments inRail-Joints, of which the following' is a specification. i

This invention relates to improvements in means forconnecting the endsof railvv'aj,y rails, and one or' the objects of: the inven tion is toAprovide interengagine members for the heads of the-rails which vterially'assist the lish plates in su the heads of the. rails aoainstvertical en; ment.

With the above and other obje-ets i i the improvmnent resides in the ci'tion, combination and arrangennuit o1. i set Jforth in the followingspecilication` ai falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view illustrating tvvo railsconnected in accordance with our iinprovement, Fig'. 2 is a simila rvieur with one of the lish plates removed, Fig. 3 is a top plan View ot'the jointed rails, Fig. l is a transverse section approximately on theline ol Fig. i', Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section approximately onthe line SM5 of Fig. l, and 'Fig'. 6 is a perspective vie-vv ol" therail ends, the sainev being separated.

. The rails l-l have their body portions of the usual construction, buttheir ends are beveled in opposite directions, as indicated by thenumerals 2 2', each of the beveled faces terminating in a. shoulder 3 atthe head upon the beveled side of the rail, and also terminating in ashoulder at the end or' the head. The beveled vvall extends from theshoulder 3 entirely through the web of each of the rails, while theouter ends or the base flanges of the rails provide sliioulders 5,

The head of each of the rails, acent the end of the said 'head isprovided with an 'opening l5 and the outer beveled viali or each of saidheads is formed with a lil. The sockets lil are adapted vto o..

register with the openings 15 whenthe -rail ends are assembled. ArrangedWithin each of said sockets lll is a sleeve 12, the said sleevesprojecting beyond the beveled faces' of the rails a distanceapproximately equaling the lenoth ot the openings l5, and thel saidsleeves are adapted to he received Within the respective, openings Thesesleeves 12 are preferably constructed of some electric conductingmaterial such as copper, and

in order to sustain the said sleeves in their respective sockets, Weprovide metal pinsl 1.3 ulrich, ive vliori'ce in the bore of the sleevesto expand the sz'uneto force them into tight ement .vith 'the wallsprovided by the The l walls ofthe .openings 15 .e lioa'ever, contactedby the sleeves eo that the longitudinal movement of the incident toclimatie'changes is not n the rail ends are assembled the shoulders 3'which' are arranged-upon the heads of the 'ails at a distance from theends of the Webs of the rails, Contact, eachA will). the shoulders 4provided upon the 'outer ends ot' the heads of the rails While theshoulders 5 upon the extreme ends ofthe base flanges iilleontact withthe shoulders 6 upon the edges at the beveledportions of the bases. TheWebs ofthe rails are pro# vided with a plurality of transverse openings,`while fish plates or angle bars 8 are adapted to be received. vvithinthe fishing spaces of the rails at the end thereof, the saine havingopenings which correspond with the openii'igs in the webs of the railsand being adapted to receive transverse securing" bolts 9 provided withllocking nuts 1C.

Having what `we claim is: v

Tivo railvay rails having,r their opposite faces beveled, the head et'each of the vrails adjacent its outer end being provided with anopening., the said beveled face of each ofi the rails having a laterallyarranged socket which is adapted to register with the open-u. ing in theco-acti'ng rail when the rail ends? thus described the invention, I

each ot VYthe sockets and projecting therefrom and adapted to -bereceived in the opening of the co-engagng rail, pin members, said pinmembers adapted to be nserted in the sleeves` to expand the Said sleevesto cause the same to bind against the Walls of the socket and to Contactwith two of the Walls of the openings.

n testimony whereof we m'x our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MRGAN LVERINQ l JACOB SCEN/VAB, JR. *Witnesses T. H. THGMAS, B. L.PoLLoGK.

